Al-Assad starts today an official visit to Yemen

President Bashar al- Assad heads today ( Monday) for Sanaa at the invitation of the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. During the visit which will last for two days President al-Assad will hold talks with the Yemeni President Ali Abullah Saleh and high ranking Yemeni officials.

The President is accompanied in this visit by an official delegation including the Foreign minister Farouk al-Shara and the Syrian charge de affairs in the Syrian embassy in Yemen.